{"id":18440,"date":"2019-12-14T20:05:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T01:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=18440"},"modified":"2019-12-14T20:05:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T01:05:05","slug":"un-high-commissioner-for-human-rights-iran-was-shooting-to-kill-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/2019\/12\/14\/un-high-commissioner-for-human-rights-iran-was-shooting-to-kill-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: IRAN WAS \u2018SHOOTING TO KILL\u2019 PROTESTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Written by\u00a0Amineh Qaraee<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0December 8, 2019. Posted in\u00a0NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet condemns killings in Iran Protests<\/div>\n

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Friday that it has video evidence showing that the Iranian regime\u2019s security forces \u201cshooting to kill\u201d protesters during Iran\u2019s latest wave of demonstrations.<\/span><\/p>\n

On December 6, 2019, Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights released a\u00a0statement saying<\/a>\u00a0that she was alarmed by \u201cthe continuing lack of transparency about casualties and the treatment of thousands of detainees\u201d during the recent\u00a0protests in Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the statement, she called for \u201cprompt, independent and impartial investigations\u201d into all possible violations needed to be undertaken, \u201cincluding the killing of protesters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are clear violations of international norms and standards on the use of force, and serious violations of human rights,\u201d Bachelet said. \u201cIn such circumstances, with so many reported deaths, it is essential the authorities act with far greater transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll in all, the picture now emerging from Iran is extremely disturbing,\u201d Bachelet added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a press briefing on Wednesday, Brian Hook, the US State Department Special Representative for Iran said that the Iranian regime \u201ccould have murdered over 1,000 Iranian citizens,\u201d in recent protests.<\/p>\n

In one incident in which Hook said U.S. officials believe the Iranian regime\u2019s security forces opened fire with machine guns on a large crowd of protesters, killing more than 100 and then loading their bodies onto trucks to be carted away.<\/p>\n

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on Wednesday, Hook talked about the violence inflicted upon demonstrators, describing one incident in which he said U.S. officials believe security forces opened fire with machine guns on a large crowd of protesters, killing more than 100#<\/span>IranProtests<\/span><\/a> @<\/span>USAdarFarsi<\/span><\/a> #<\/span>Iran<\/span><\/a> #<\/span>MEK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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This week, the Iranian regime\u2019s officials were compelled to acknowledge that the regime\u2019s security forces used firearms to crackdown the protests. On Tuesday, December 3, state-run television reported that the protesters who were killed in the crackdown were \u201crioters who have attacked sensitive or military centers with firearms,\u201d and described how the armed forces had \u201cdeftly and vigilantly\u201d fought back against \u201chostile groups\u201d.<\/p>\n

On December 6, the\u00a0People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>\u00a0released the names of another 30 people who had been killed by the security forces in the protests, bringing to 350 the number of victims who have been identified so far.<\/p>\n

Earlier the MEK announced that the number of protesters killed by the regime\u2019s security forces has exceeded 1000 and several children and minors were among the victims.<\/p>\n

The Secretariat of the\u00a0National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>\u00a0released a statement on Friday, listing the names of 350 victims.<\/p>\n

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PMOI\/#<\/span>MEK<\/span><\/a> released the names of another 30 martyrs of the #<\/span>Iranian<\/span><\/a> people\u2019s uprising, bringing to 350 the number of victims who have been identified so far#<\/span>IranProtests<\/span><\/a> #<\/span>StopIranBloodshed<\/span><\/a> #<\/span>Iran<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cMrs.\u00a0Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), hailed the uprising\u2019s heroic martyrs and called on the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, and its member states to condemn this horrendous mass killing by the Iranian regime and to take urgent action to stop this crime against humanity and secure the release all those arrested. \u201c NCRI\u2019s statement reads adding:<\/p>\n

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Call on UN security council to take urgent action to stop the killings and dispatch fact-finding mission to #<\/span>Iran<\/span><\/a>https:\/\/www.<\/span>ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27040-thirty-more-names-of-martyrs-of-the-nationwide-uprising-released\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a>#<\/span>IranProtests<\/span><\/a> #<\/span>MEK<\/span><\/a> #<\/span>StopIranBloodshed<\/span><\/a> #<\/span>FreeAllProtesters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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